The following article was a fairly good twin study: Arch Sex Behav 1995 Apr;24(2):109-34 Related Articles, Books, LinkOut
Homosexuality, type 1: an Xq28 phenomenon. Turner WJ. Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA. Despite the absence of phenotypic manifestations in alternating generations characteristic of X-linked disorders, a thesis is presented that a major type of Kinsey grades 5 and 6 male homosexuality is determined by a gene in the Xq28 region. A total of 133 families in 78 kinshps of male and female homosexual probands, in addition to 116 families (including those of 40 famous homosexuals) from the literature, revealed an unbalanced secondary sex ratio in the maternal generation of male, but not of female, homosexuals. On the maternal side, in this study, the ratio of all uncles to all aunts of 90 males homosexuals was 132/209, chi 2 = 8.52, p = 0.004. On the maternal side for the total of all sources, the ratio of uncles to aunts of male homosexuals was 241/367, chi 2 = 13.20; p < 0.0001. The male/female ratio of the total number of maternal sibships bearing homosexuals (310/628: 0.491) was a measure of fetal wastage of the mothers' male sibs; 49%. This ratio was very close to that of the total number of children born to fathers affected with any one of nine Xq28-linked male semilethal conditions (255/508: ratio 0.556); for the difference between the two populations chi 2 = 0.859, p = 0.354. The male/female ratio of the total number of children born to female carriers of any one of these same conditions (1,232/1,062: ratio 1.16), chi 2 = 13.8 p < or = 0.0001, is close to that of the total number of children in homosexual sibships: 511/413, chi 2 = 10.4, p = 0.005. Between the number of children born to Xq28 mothers and to those born of mothers of homosexuals chi 2 = 0.581, p = 0.446. One may readily surmise that the maternal influence so often related to homosexuality may lie in the mother being a genetic carrier, with traits thereto associated. In this study, 65% of the mothers of homosexuals had no or only one live-born brother. Additional support for a genetic hypothesis is found in the occurrence of multiple instances--almost exclusively among maternal relatives--of infertility, spontaneous abortions, miscarriages, stillbirths, remaining single past age 30, and suicide. Of 109 male and 43 female homosexual index cases in the present series there were 6 instances of brother/sister homosexual sibships.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS) -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:21 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > > > Ahh, but you are quick to ask for someone elses numbers when they make > an unproven statement. You are asking me to prove your point. That's > not laziness it's calling you and you can't prove what you said. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 8:19 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > > I am not going to do your work for you. Go to grateful med and look up > the > research yourself. I do not contribute to another's laziness. > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:14 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > > > > > > Show me your numbers Larry. I have heard arguments both > ways, but was > > unaware there was a consensus. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 7:51 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > > > > Given that the consensus now is that homosexuality is biologically > > based, I > > take it that you consider it ok to discriminate against > > people based on > > factors that they cannot control. > > > > Isn't that what the civil rights stuff in the late 50's and > early 60's > > was > > all about? > > > > > > -- > > Larry C. Lyons > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > EBStor.com > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > -- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 5:00 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > > > > > > > > > Here is my take on Homosexuality. What you do in the > > privacy of your > > > own home is your business. I support equal rights for gay > > > people, they > > > are people, they don't however, deserve special rights. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Beth F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 3:59 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Super Duper Contraversial post....heheh > > > > > > The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 > > > admonishments > > > to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love > > > heterosexuals. > > > It's just that they need more supervision. ~Lynn Lavner > > > > > > If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in queer to > > > work: "Hello. > > > Can't work today, still queer." ~Robin Tyler > > > > > > I'd rather be black than gay because when you're black you > > don't have > > > to > > > tell your mother. ~Charles Pierce, 1980 > > > > > > War. Rape. Murder. Poverty. Equal rights for gays. Guess > > > which one the > > > Southern Baptist Convention is protesting? ~The Value > of Families > > > > > > Jesse Helms and Newt Gingrich were shaking hands congratulating > > > themselves on the introduction of an antigay bill in > Congress. If it > > > passes, > > > they won't be able to shake hands, because it will then be > > > illegal for > > > a > > > prick to touch an asshole. ~Judy Carter > > > > > > 'You could move.' ~Abigail Van Buren, "Dear Abby," in > > > response to a > > > reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across > > > the street > > > and > > > wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the > > > neighborhood. > > > > > > The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the > > military is that > > > the > > > next time the government mandates a draft we can all declare > > > homosexuality > > > instead of running off to Canada. ~Lorne Bloch > > > > > > Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I > > think they > > > are > > > just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call a > > > faggot?" > > > ~ Jon Stewart > > > > > > My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those > women out > > > there > > > praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share. > > ~Rita Mae Brown > > > > > > Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, > > torture or death > > > say > > > they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as > > > soldiers; > > > we should be used as weapons. ~Letter to the Editor, The Advocate > > > > > > You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you > > just have to > > > be > > > able to shoot straight. ~Barry Goldwater > > > > > > Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable > > seeing two men > > > holding guns than holding hands? ~Ernest Gaines > > > > > > My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual > > life, if it > > > were > > > broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise > > and horror. > > > ~W. Somerset Maugham > > > > > > Drag is when a man wears everything a lesbian won't. ~Author > > > Unknown > > > > > > If male homosexuals are called "gay," then female > > > homosexuals should be > > > called "ecstatic." ~Shelly Roberts > > > > > > My mother took me to a psychiatrist when I was fifteen > because she > > > thought > > > I was a latent homosexual. There was nothing latent about it. > > > ~Amanda > > > Bearse > > > > > > Some women can't say the word lesbian...even when their > > mouth is full > > > of > > > one. ~Kate Clinton > > > > > > No matter how far in or out of the closet you are, you > still have a > > > next > > > step. ~Author Unknown > > > > > > It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of > > > homosexuality. > > > It's like disapproving of rain. ~Francis Maude > > > > > > The only queer people are those who don't love anybody. > > ~Rita Mae > > > Brown > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
